The Sun. — London, England, 1838-05-23 00:00:00

nd this being the last we looked for on our voyage, both dinner time a n d evening were made merry—at the f or mer the health cf our Captain was drunk for the tenth time, on the passage, I believe, and responded to with that enthusiasm which warm hearts own, when feeling points to to an object worthy their high regard. The evening hEd its own sweet toast of sweethearts and wives—and more than this—but this, to all the rest was as the key-note to the overture. Day ends with a fine breeze from the Northward, all sail set, close hauled : Latitude at Noon 4 , d. 30m. N. Longitude 64 24 W. Distance by log 192 miles. Barometer 30.30 Thcremometer 42 Course by compass W. Wind N. W. SCNDAY, 22d.—The day has partaken something of the excitement of anticipated arrival. The anchors were got over the bows, the cables were got up and bent, and all those arrangements made which mark the approach to land ; and as is ever the case among the idlers, the disp,si tion to do little else than lounge and talk, and dream of the things of the morrow, prevailed over every other incentive to occupation. At five cm., spoke the packet ship Westminster, forty-eight hours out of New York, for London. At eight A.M. a sail to windward, close hauled, on the starboard tack. At 10 A a sail to leeward. Day ends with a modes ate breeze from N.W., and a smooth sea. All sail set, close hauled. Latitude at noon Longitude ... 69 3 W. Distance by log l9B miles Barometer Thermometer Course by Compass ... W. by N. Wind MONDAY, 23d.—The morning of arrival to the journalist is one of brief.periods. Objects multiply upon his attention too fast—the occa sion itself distracts him. The number of vessels within the horizon, the bustle of active preparation, the momentary expectation of making the land, and the dimly .iescricd pilot-boat in the distance, are excitements too great to admit of that equanimity which is needful to prolonged re mark. One almost Lreathes hurriedly at the thought of all that flits before him in the delightli.l picture of gratified curiosity or of home, and friends, and fire-side enjoym,:..t . which his imagination paints as so nearly within his reach. To pursue our narrative—we havc a m 0.:,: inch as in every way we could have desired, bright and tranquil—the jPvment of it is in happy keeping with our recollections of the whole voya„, At 10 A.M. we were joined by the pilot. His boat —a ; little schooner—came down before a fine breeze, and hauling u 5. windward, salutations were exchanged, his skiff was launched, and a few moments brought him to our deck. It was amusing to observe the wonderment of the tenants of the littlecraft at our vessel. If eyes :Ind mouths be any indices to feeling, there must have been something not often of this earth in theirs. At twelve, noon, the cry of land ran through the ship; and in an instant there was a rush to the poop, the rigging, the forecastle,—the highest points of the vessel—it was there—a-head, aid land, o was re-echoed loudly and merrily upon e•iery tongue. It is difficult—im possible, justly to describe the expressions which pervade a ship at the moment of first discovering the land. It is a look of joy—not the ex pression of a common passion, but a highly-wrought sense—an eruption of the feelings which displays itself in all that tongue can utter, all that smiles can say, all that eye can speak. It Is a time as well of grave ejaculation as of merry jest. " My country !" cried one, extending his arms half solemnly, and with a look of thought. ' And there,' cried another, peeping through his nether eye, and pointing to the broad sheet of foam which marked our way upon the water, far as eye could reach,—` there is the road to mine.' There is something, too, of the ludicrous withal at such a time. The resurrection of ' other' clothes, and the exchange of hats for caps, make such changes as seem almost to claim the necessity of other introduc tions. The rusty jacket has suddenly become the superfine black long tailed, and the out-at elbows of yesterday, sports now perhaps the finest ileece in the flock. Our progress was rapid, and the land which at first was but a dark line upon the horizon's verge—a cloud seemingly at its early birth—soon b-- came distinctly visible—the heights of Neversink. Before crossing the bar, our ' poles' which had been some time housed,' were all aloft, and flags streaming at each ; the British Ensign at the gaff That at the fore was one adopted at the launching of the ship,—a combination of the British and American ensigns, the stars quartered on the British union, the stripes on the field—an emblem one might fancy of that re_ Ord for each other, if one may so speak of States, of that alliance in a noble fellowship of parent with its daughter empire, which it is quite certain the intelligence of both countries ratifies and would desire, should ever be. At ono moment it seemed probably we should be afforded the oppor tunity of adding an act of kindness to the events of the day. The wind was light and baffling. A little schooner at somedistance, in attempting *0 pass too near the edge of a shoal, was so drifted by a strong tide, that her grounding amidst the breaker seemed to us inevitable, and it was only after the most positive assuranees of the pilot that she would work clear, that our Captain would allow the steamer to proceed further, without first sending her a hawser, and relieving her from the difficulty. At 3 p.m. we passed the Narrows, opening the bay and harbour of New York, our sails all furled, and the engines at their topmost speed. The city was scarcely discernible, reposing it seemed in the distance in the quietude Hof majesty, while little islands on either hand, cannon crested, stood like nature's ushers to this queen of the Western World. The country around looked arid and unsightly, the vegetation of spring having not yet put forward. _ . As weproceeded, an exciting scene awaited us. Coming abreast of Bradlow'sibland we were saluted by the fort with twenty-six guns, and the coincidence of this with our own movements on board, heightened our enjoyment of it immeasurably. The skylights to our cabin abaft are made to form two tables on deck, mahogany topped, and with a most witching look of invitation to a repast upon them, whenever a smooth sea and sunny day make it pleasant to dine or lunch beneath the awning. It had been agreed amongst us, some days previously, that before we left the ship, one of these tables should be christened the Victoria, the other President. 'Wine and fruit had been set out upon them for this purpose—we were standing round the former of them—the health of Briton's Queen had been proposed—the toast drunk, and amidst the cheers that followed, the arm was just raised to consummate the naming, when the fort opened its tire. The effect was electric. Our colours were lowered in acknowledgment of the compliment, and the burst which accompanied it from our decks—drinking to the President and the country, and breaking wine again, was more loud and more joyous, than if at that moment we had unitedly overcome a common enemy. Proceeding still, the city became more and more distinct— vesselo, masts, buildings, spires, seeming taller as •we approached—trees, streets--the people—the announcement of the arrival of the ship by teilegraph had brought thousands to every point of view upon the water side—beat, too, in shoals were out to welcome her, and every object seemed a superadded impulse to our feelings. The first to which our attention was ■ow given was the Sirius, lying at anchor in the North river, gay with flowing streamers and literally crammed with spectators, her decks, her paddle boxes, her rigging, mast head high ! We paased around her, receiving and giving • three hearty cheers—then turned towards the Battery. Here myriads seemed collected ; boats had gathered around us, in countless confusion, Sags were flying, guns were firing, and cheering again--the shore, the boats, on all hands around, loudly and gloriously, seemed as though they would never have done. It was an exciting moment—a moment which in the tame events of life finds few parallels—it seemed the out pouring congratulations of a whole people, when s 'welling hearts were open to receive and to return them. It was a moment, that if both nations could have witnessed would have assured them, though babblers may rail, and fools may af fect contempt, that at heart there is still a feeling and an affinity between them. It was a moment of achievement; — we had been sharers in the chances of a noble effort, and each one of us felt the pride of participa tion in the success of it, and this was the crowning instant :—experiment then ceased—certainty was attained—our voyage was accomplished. ALLIGHANY RIVUR.— We learn from the Pittsburgh Gazate that three steam boats are now running regularly between that, city and Kit tanning, Franklin and Warren, on the Alleghany river.—The resources of the fine valley watered by that stream are beginning to develope themselves rapidly, and with especial beneficial effect fo Pittsburgh as their principal market. Edmund Dwight, Esq., of Boston, has given 10,000 dollars to the Board of Education of that city. The corner stone of the new Library of Harvas Univer,ity was lard on Tuesday last. (From the Charleston Courier of April 28.) EXTENSIVE CONFLAGRATION. TEN O'CLOCK, P.M.—About one hour sine!, a calamity, long dread, d, on account of the extreme dry weather, came suddenly upon us, a fire having commenced in the,sear of a small building attached to a twg story wooden house, on the corner of King and Beresford-street. The flames immediately communicated to two adjoining wooden buildings, to the North, one occupied by Mrs. Gnech, all of which were soon burnt down ; the brick building of Mr. Black, Baker, followed, and at this time all the houses fronting on King-street, bet..veen Beresford street and Swinton's-lane, are destroyed, and fire has been communicated to the roof of Mr. Robb's Grocery Store, on the opposite side of King street, and to the Paint Store of J. C. Simons, un the S.W. corner of Beresford *net and King street. A number of buildings have already been blown up by the Engineer, and this must be the principal means of preventing the extension of the conflagration, as there is a groat scarcity of water. We have at this time no idea when or where it will end, but will give further information. ' "• TWELVE O'CLOCIL—The fire is still progressing, and with the most destructive effects. We can no longer attempt to give the names of the sufferers. We have just left the scene of calamity, and present ap pearances give but the hope that the brick building of Mr. Seigling, corner of King and Hasell. street, and the adjoining brick house to the South, may arrest the flames on that side of King-street, although se veral wooden buildings in the rear are on fire. he large brick house of Nathan Hag, on the S.E. corner of Market and King streets, is now nearly consumed, and there can be little doubt that while we are writing, the buildings on the opposite corner, occupied by Willi tm Howland, as a dry goods store, is in flans, and as the wind is flaw blowing moderately from the S.W., there is ..'cry reason to believe that the range of houses on the East side of K t.g-street, as far as Has:ll - must fall a prey to the devouring cleinent. Several houses on the South side of Market street, have also been destroyed, and the fire is now making tremendous progress down that street towards Meeting street. It is latterly impossible at this time to express any opinion as to the final result of this awful visitation. We hear reports of some ac cidents having occurred, but have not sufficient positive information to enable us to give particulars. From fifteen to twenty houses have been blown up, in endeavouring to stop the progress of the flames. We will give further information before the paper goes to press. HALF. PAST Two o'Ceocg, A.M.—lnstead of announcing to our readers that the flames are in any manner subdued, we have the most melancholy accounts of their continuance. The wood work of the new Masonic hall, at the west end of the mai ket, and the whole of the public markets, as far as Church-street, are cone, the brick walls only remain ing; all the houses on the south side of Market-street; the new stores on the Burnt Lands ; the splendid new Hotel ; the whole of both sides of Meeting, as far as Hasell-street—all, all are in ruins. In King-street, the hope that Mr. Seigling's building would arrest the fire in that quar ter has proved fallacious, as the flames have swept over it, and passed to the other corner. The Theatre has been on fire in a number of places, and is now burning on the roof, but hopes are entertained that it may yet be saved, and the most unremitting exertions are making for that purpose. One or two buildings on Key's wharf have also been burnt down, and the steam-packet Neptune was in imminent danger, but for tunately was extricated from her pe r il ous s i tuat i on, and anchored in safety in the stream. Thereat extent of this dreadful conflagration places it entirely out of our power ir ascertain further particulars in time to insert them in this morning's paper. We are still entirely unable to express an opinion as to the prospect of its being checked, but carpe and trust it may boon b e e ff ecte d . Al_ ready has our beautiful ci t y , full tide of prospe r ity, rece i ve d a blow, that another generation will be able to repair. We have no words to express our feelings—they may .eagined, but to attempt to describe them would be a mockery. The rumours of accidents thicken upon us, and we Lev -end reason to believe they are numerous and in several instances fatal. _ will not permit us to add more. (From the Boston Evening Transcript, May 4.) GREAT FIRE AT CHARLESTON ' S. C.—EIGHT HUN DRED HOUSE S DESTROYED! A fi re b roke out at Charleston, at eight o'clock in the evening of the 27th April, and raged with great fury until noon of the next day. The number of buildings destroyed is variously estimated train 600 to 1,200. The fire originated in a paint shop, cn the west side of King, at the corner of Beresford-street, and swept over a surface Of a third of a mile square, including King and Meeting streets—the , two great parallel avenues to the country—the stores of the principal dealers in dry goods, hardware, shoes, &c.. together with several important public buildings and hotels. The heavy grocers and shipping merchant escaped. Arrangements have been for some time going on with the design of removing the heavy dry goods trade from King-street near Liberty We a position nearer the harbour. A new street had been opened for this purpose, and named Pearl. street, on which a splendid brick hotel had been erected, covering more ground than the Astor House. It was to have been opened during the present month by Colonel Page, who recently kept the Exchange Hotel, in Baltimore. The hotel is amongst the ruins, but, a block of ten granite stores opposite to it stand almost unharmed. Letters speak of the fire as ruinous to the prospects of business for the present. The most valuable stocks of gooos on the district burned over, were far off from the point where the fire commenced, and near where it terminated, so that a good deal of time was had for removals. The amount of loss is not so great as at first might be imagined, as the space burnt over is larger than the New York burnt district. The buildings were most of them of small value. The loss is estimated at 750,000 dollars. Among the buildings consumed, besides the splendid new hotel, are a number of churches, the new theatre, and the whole market except the Fish Market. A large number of houses were blown up to no purpoie. All the powder in the city was exhausted and all the water in the pumps, and the people w: aried with a whole night's incessant and una vailing toil, found themselves in the morning unable to make but a feeble resistance to the still raging and devouring flames. A number of per. sons were killed by the blowing up of houses and throwing furniture into the streets. The steam-boat Neptune, lying in the Bay, caught on fire, but was fortunately extinguished. (From the Charleston Courier of April 30.) MOBILE, APRIL 25.—DREADFUL FIRE.— A fire broke out this nr:r fling about two o'clock, in the square bounded by Conception, St. An thony, St. Jochim, and St. Louis streets, which consumed every building in the square. It occurred, we understand, in a kitchen, and as all the buildings were frame, and a stiff wind blowing at the time, they were soon is one solid sheet of flame, and at four o'clock there was nothing left standing on the square but the naked chimneys. Most of the furni ture of the occupants, we believe, was saved. We have not been able to ascertain the number of houses destroyed, nor the probable amount of loss sustained. At one period it was fearfully apprehended that the fire would take a wider range, and extend itself to some more valuable buildings across St. Anthony-street; but owing to the width of the streets, or the lowness of the houses on fire, the conflagration did not go beyond the square in which it originated. LAND OFFICE AT ST, STEPHEN'S BURNT —By a private letter from this place, we I arts that in St. Stephen's, on the 12th inst , the house of Magoffin, Esq., occupied as the Land Office fur this district, was ent,r_.y 'estroyed by fire, as also was a store-house adjoining, the pro.. piny of Mrs. Ca,k , den of Greet,borough. Owing to the praiseworthy and persevering efforts cf the neighbours and others present, the books, of the Land Office were ei,ll:2 l y saved—not a leaf, so far as can be discovered, being lost. (From the New York Price Current of the sth if.;'.) EXCHANGE. Bills on London, 60 days' sight, £ sterling, 6i a 63 per cant. prem. France Holland 39 a 393 Hamburg Marc—s Banco 34 a 35 Bremen Rix tiollars 773 a 7S Boston, at sight Philadelphia Baltimore Richmond 5 a 6 his. North Carolina — a 5 dis. Charleston Savannah Augusta 23 a 25 dis. Ap.ilachicola -- Mobile New Orleans Louisville Nashville .... Natchez... 8 a 10 dig. .--St. Louis . ... Cincinnati... 9 a 10 dis -- Michigan American Gold American Gold, New Coin Portuguese Gold Spanish Dollars Carolus Dollars... Half Dollars a prem. Mexican Dollars 1 Five Franc Pieces Doubloons Doubloons, Patriot Sovereigns Heavy Guineas STOCKS. Corrected yester.lay by Lewis—Forman, Stock and Exchange Broker, Member of the Board, 471, Wall-street. Offered. Asked. Ohio Sixes, 1850 Corporation Fives, 1850 lOO -- United States Bank Passengers List of the Steam-shi R. N., Commander from New York • R. Hasluck J. I. Penny G. Duxbury I. H. Albers E Chadwick Leon Kerkenreth G. Duncan, (lady and servant) W. A. Bannister Robert Sharp I. Violette V. Voss H. Prevost 1. P. Shaw Lt. Henry Curtis, 85th Regt Lord J. Butler Mrs. M. Sandilands Mercer Jones G. H. Huelin Lt. A. Bizelow, U. S. Navy Lewis Hoffman J. Labodie G. Brusle B. Duprix J. A. Agnew Julius Sucrow F. F. Doer ip Great Western, James Hoskin, to Bristol : Mrs. N. Jacques Lt. Carpender, U.S. Navy Lt. Lynch, U.S. Navy IL Coles James Porteus C. M. Jopp, and servant S. B. Dyer Dr. Bowles, and lady James Deane Cai.tain I. Dwyer Edward Bannister * Colonel I. W. Webb Rev. N. 0. Donnell George Ord A. F. Stoddard I. P. Hamilton Miss A. E. Hamilton E. Munro Thomas Niles John Hughes Mr. MlDonald Miss E. Havard William Weyman Mr. Mead, and Lady H. M`Kim Captain W. Chase, and Lady P. Vance Hon. William Crane J. Hartley K Harris Favreau Mr. Gulliland J. Nicholson From 20 to 30,000 letters, 50 bales Miss Cross of Cotton for the Bristol New Cot- Robert Wynne ton Works. Sixty-eight passengers, at 35 guineas-2,499/.los. Vessels spoken with by the Same—May 7, the Wellington, from Portsmouth, for New York—received letters from her. Bth May, the Columbus, from a whaling voyage, for New Loudon-46 days from St. Helena. Bth May, the Cosmo, Bristol, for New York—all well. May 10, the Howard, Havannah, for St. Petersburgh-10 days from Key West. 14th May, the Madrid, from Rotterdam, for Philadelphia— out 19 days. 20th May, the Samuel, from Mobile, for Liverpool. 20th May, the Virginian, from New Orleans, for Liverpool—out 37 days. ' * Col. I. W. Webb is, we believe, the same gentleman who fought the rifle duel. The " New York Sunday News" of May 6 states that " George Pearce, the engineer to the Great Western, died on that day, from a severe scald he received on the day she arrived in leting off the steam." NEGRO EMANCIPATION MEETING OF DELEGATES-(THIS DAY.) According to the adjournment from the meeting, of which we gave yesterday m et rthis an rao r a n c g u n a t t i n t t e h n e o S . Second , Edition owonf 's Hotel. Su Sun, , the There were about 154 Delegates present. Mr. BLAIR, the Chairman, said—Gentlemen, I should do vio lence to my own feelings, and I doubt not to yours also, if I did not at once express the heartfelt gratitude and delight I feel at the cir cumstances under which we are assembled this morning. The result of last night's debate records for the encouragement of the philanthropist and Christian in all time to come, one of the nc.blest triumphs of hu manity, and justice, and principle, that has ever been achieved. The British House of Commons has solemnly decreed that the negroes are entitl.d to immediate and unconditional freedom, and I trust this deci sion —not only as decisive of the question of slavery in our own colonies, but as mightily accelerating the downfall of the wicked and atrocious system in every part of the world—our first feeling (and I hope we shall consider it our first duty to give expression to that feeling in the shape of a resolution) ought to be one of devout gratitude to Almighty God for having guided our efforts to so prosperous an issue; and next. of thankfulness to these right-minded men in the House of Commons, who, by their votes of last night, have struck the last fetter from the limbs of more than half a million of our oppressed fellow-subjects. But we must not in our joy forget that much still remaims to be done ; that our work is by no moans completed. A Bill must now be brought in to give effect to the resolution that has been passed, and in order to carry this Bill successfully through all its stages, it will demand all the firm ness, wisdom, and perseverance we can command. As I am sure we should have exhibited no unmanly depression in the case of defeat, so, I trust we shall display no unseemly elation in the hour of victory, and especially that we shall abstain all hasty, intempera e and condemnatory expressions or resolutions in relation to those who have opposed us. Let us do nothing, I say, nothing at the present moment that can produce any needless exasperation of feeling. Let us not widen, but rather seek by moderation and good feeling to close the breach be twe !ri us, for we shall need all the assistance and co-operation we can se cure. Let us hope that all opposition will now cease, if it is only fur the peace of the Colonies, and the safety and welfare of all classes there. Especially, let us hope, that now, at all events we shall encounter no further opposition at the hands of her Majesty's Government, but that bowing to the decision of the British House of Commons, they will now take the matter into their own hands, and lend all their authority to give effect to the resolutions of the House and the wishes of the nation. I will only say that if they refuse to do so a most fearful responsibility will rest upon their heads. After a desultory conversation, it was agreed that Mr. Alexander and the Rev. Mr. Bunting should retire as a sub Committee, to prepare a resolution expressive of the devout gratitude of the delegates to Divine Providence for the success of the caffse in the House of Commons las night. Mr. STUROE wished to say a few words in reference to what he had seen in one of the morning papers this day, to the effect that Sir E. Wilmot came forward on the apprenticeship question only to restore himself to popularity, on account of a recent vote of his. There were few men in the House from whose politics he (Mr. Sturge) differed more than he did from those of Sir E. Wilmot, but it was due to that Hon. Member's personal character to say that he voted three years ago in the same way, and since then had stood three contested elections ; and very few of those who voted for him were Abolitionists.—(Hear, hear.) He did not regard this as a question of party politics, and he would have voted for Sir George Strickland's mo tion, but that, as was well known, his health was so bad that he could not go down to the House.—(Hear, hear.) So far from his (Sir E. NV.) having undertaken the motion of last night for any personal purpose, the Delegates had unanimously commissioned him (Mr. Sturge) to re quest the Hon. Baronet to bring it forward, and he immediately and cheerfully consented.—(Hear, hear.) The Morning Paper alluded to said that the division took place in a small House; but it was his opinion, that the majority would have been greater in a full one. That however they could not now prove, but it was, at all events, no fault of I , elegates.—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) And the debate closed with an e.zrellent speech—for he had never heard a more eloquent, more impressive, ::net more argumentative speech in his life than Mr. Bulwer's.—(Applause.) After the declaration of Lord John Russell (immediately after the division) tl:cy could not expect the assistance of the Government, and therefore it would reouire much consideration before the friends of the negro came forward With coy Bill.—(Hear.) He (Mr. S.) had received a letter from one of their friends in J:nrs.ca, from which he read the following extract : Jamaica, 14th April 183 S, The speech of Lord Brougham has astounded the pro-slavery faction here. Let but the Noble Lord maintain his position, supported by the combined ection of the friends of the slave, and I am mucn mistaken if the planters themselves will not be glad to end the contest, by uniting in the cry for universal freedom in August next. At all events, the ma jority will prefer this, I am persuaded, to the adoption of the provisions proposed by lord Glenelg. Had these provisions been introduced into the Abolition Act at an earlier period, it would have been well; but it appears to me impossible that they will now effect the purposes of peace. Upon this subject I most cordially concur in the sentiments contained in the Emancipator. To put an end to strife—to secure industry, and se cular prosperity—to create harmony and happiness, and to prevent in subordination and bloodshed, every vestige of the system must be at once abolished." He Dir. S.) felt persuaded that (after the division of last night) the question was, in some way or other, virtually settled, as far, at least, as Jamaica was concerned.—(Hear, hear.) He had received another letter from one of their boldest friends in Jamaica, who spoke with alarm and apprehension, that the planters would proceed to acts of violence and bloecished, if the negrcei attempted to act on the principle of passive re sistence after the Ist of August next. He read the following passage:— " JAMAICA, APRIL 10, 1838. " I must emphatically call on you to consider this question without delay, for Ido feel that something should be done by the British svern ment to obviate the bloodshed and massacre that wil; be perp.trated, if the demoniac slave-master has the slightest power of wreaking his ven.. geance on those who resist, and those who hate oppression. There are at present in the Militia, and in the magistracy a vast number who have once already steeped their hands in the gore of the offended negi o, because he dared to assert that he has the passions and the sensibilities cf our common neture; and they will again, and I feel satisfi:Nl they anxiously desire the opportunity to glut their insatiable prcrensities upon the negro, and all those who have mainta . ned for him his right to equal liberty. I cannot then too forcibly impress upon you to do whatever you can to divert the local authorities of the colony of all and every means of actine, if civil commotion arises, and use your efforts, I -again repeat, without delay." The cause would be in more danger unless their Bill should be completely carried, and if it were defeated in one clause in either Howe of Perlia ment. There was, however, one view of the question which would materially serve them with the greater part of the country. He meant the question of the sugar duties.—(Hear, hear ) He then went into the details of the imports of raw sugars from Jamaica, St. Domingo, and the East Indies; the exports of refined sugars ; by which he showed that if the Government slid not give, by an enormous bounty, a great preference to sugar which was the produce of slave labour, the best refined sugar would be sold at a fraction above 4d. per lb.! Iu fact, that was the price 13-8. per cwt , at which it was exported from this country, in consequence of the drawback or bounty, after having cost 425. per cwt. in the raw state, and lOs or 15s. per cwt. as the expense of manufacture.—(Hear, hear.) In this way the people of this country were actually paying between three and four millions sterling to keep up the system of slavery, while they had paid 20,000,000/. to abolish it. Mr. SCOBEL said that in respect to Hayti (or St. Domingo) it was worth while to observe, that although the Government of this country had recognised the independaisce of South America, yet it had never recognised the independance of the Negro Republic, although it had b - en independent upwards of thirty years. The reason of this was, that the planters Led more power with the Government than the people of England had.—(Hear, hear.) l is.t Le exi.ort, fie= ree .s . Domingo had been as great as those to Jamaica; and it is quite clear that if we could receive the produce of that island on equal terms with that ofour own colonies, it would open a still wider field for our ex. ports.—(Hear.) Mr. BOLTRE Esupported the views of the la,t speaker; and showed that the immediaie effect of doing away with the preference to the slave labour, by the bounty system, would be to give employment to those who were called the " white slaves" of England. (Hear, hear.) Nothing could improve the condition of that part of our people but giving them employment, whatever Poor-law or other expedient might be tried—(Bear, hear)—and employment would immediately follow if they could get the interest of the country set against‘the in terest of the planters; or in other words, if the interest if the country ceased to be sacrificed to the interest of the slave owners, no more would be heard of " whiteslaves."—(Applause.) . Mr. BASS, of Bristol, and other delegates, spoke in support of the same views. Professor EDGAR, of Belfast, thought that the subject was not in telligible to the mass of the people in the form in which it had hitherto been put to them. They did not perceive in what way they were immediately concerned when millions ufpounds sterling or of poundi weight were talked of. The subject ought to be set before them in a way that would come home to every man of them. It should be shown to every man how he pays towards the maintenance of slavery, in the purchase of every pound of coffee and of sugar which he con sumes—(Hear)—and by this means, if people could not be made to feel in their hearts, they would be made to feel in their pockets.—( A laugh.) In reply to a question from Mr. Houghton of Dublin (who said that he h-ad endeavoured in vain to press the subject upon the attention of the Chamber of Commerce in Dublin), Mr. J. STURGE said that the way in which the refiners of West India sugar were enabled to export from this country, for 3Ss. per cwt. refined sugar, which in the raw state had cost them 4•25., was, that the duty of 245., which they had paid per cwt. upon the sugar when imported, was returned to them when they ex ported, in this way—they paid 245. upon 120 lbs.; they received as drawback 245. for every 6Slbs. exported, on the pretence that the diffe rence of weight was expended in the process of refining; whereas, in fact, the refined sugar was in the proportion of about 105 lbs. to 120 lbs of the raw. The CHAIRMAN said that he had been a long time in India, and he be lieved that Bengal alon ecould supply the whole of Europe with sugar, and it might be shipped there, with a good profit to the grower, at one penny per lb.—(heer.) In answer to Mr. JOHNSTONE, Delegate from Wiltshire, The CHAIRMAN said that there were slaves over all India, to the amount of 200,000 or 300,000 ; but the greatest number were on the Western or Malabar coast, in the provinces of Camara and Malabar. But there was a great difference between those slaves and the slaves of the West Indies. However, no sugar imported into Europe from India was the production of slave labour. Captain STEWART said that there were in India no slaves in the sense in which slavery was understood in this country.— (Hear.) There were in Bengal persons in a condition of bondage, which was altogether voluntary, as they had mortgaged themselves for life, for pecuniary or other considerations. Again on the Malabar Coast, in the two provinces of Camara and 'Malabar, there were fifteen kinds of slaves or bondsmen, of which five were hereditary, and ten were not heredit ary, but voluntary. - The five hereditary classes of bondsmen were as scribed to the soil, and were sold with the states, but they coule not be removed and sold away from the estate. They were also protected by the British laws,and he had been told by Mr. Blair, the brother of the Chairman who was a magiitrate in India, that wherever the British authority existed the slaves could leave their masters whenever they felt themselves ag grieved, as the Magistrates would not allow force to be used to compel their return to bondage. But the agrarian bondsmen of Malabar were not employed in the cultivation of sugar. Mr. PEASE said that a great number of the West India proprietors were removing their machinery to the East Indies, and amongst them was Mr. Gladstone.—(Hear, hear.) (HAearDelegate said that would be better than kidnapp in g Hill Coolies.— lt m i lo N r 7 B .s r o o N ugi i i tle a r i i n read :_ the following letter which had besen received fro pia::tarn°t Lord victoryß rou Brougham al last i t l , y a, 7 d n i g n r t a r tu a l t a s t congratulates t a lr D elegates n o steps up o n the n taken, and, above all, no notice of any further pro ceeding given before the public meeting on Friday. Upon this, of doing nothing for the pre sent, what e o v er m may it he - sent, every thing depends, and whoever plays into the bands of the. Government and the planters, by stirring at present, must be held ame nable for the certain defeat which must follow. " 6, Belgrave-street,—Wednesday morning." G. NV. ALEXANDER, Esq., had a resolution to propose, but as it was one which would speak for itself, it was unnecessary for him to say anything of its propriety. He would therefore t once move his reso lution. The Rev. Dr. BUNTING seconded the motion. Mr. BIGNOLD said there never was a more important or more inte resting a crisis in their affairs than the present, even so much was the necessity for increased exertions upon the part not only of the dele gates and of their friends in the House of Commons, but als o of the whole people of England. All should no w exercise thei r best juds merit upon the measures which were now to be taken. They had indeed now arrived at a crisis that required they should be guided by that wisdom that floweth from above, which is first pure, and then peaceful, and full of good works. He hoped all would concur in the resolution, and that they would nat only act upon it individually, but they would incoliette it in their respective circles. JOSIAII Cosnria, Esq. was anxious that it should go forth to the country how it was that they had so few voting upon their side on the present occasion, in place of 217 , as they had on a former occasion. He believed it would admit of explanatioe. Professor EDGAR said the Morefng Chronicle of that day affected to look upon the result of the division as a nu re chance, but that meeting would look at it in a very different way. He was much gratified to find that the spirit of the meeting was to look at it as providential. The Rev. Toomas SCALES was in the House during the debate, and there was an evident wish on the part of their opponents to faree on a division. It ought to he known to all their constituents that their friends had acted in the roost fair and honeurabl a manner, anal that the division was taken when Mr. Gladstone, Lord Juhh Russell, Sir R. Peel, Lord Stanley, aril, in fact, the. leaders of all parties, were in their places. They could have kept up the debate, had they p leased, or if th,y thought it would have made them :dr , nger. Beside: the Members in the division, they had the names of 54 pairs ; and no doubt tiler, were many more who would yet be known. Ile had lo eked oyer the lists of the division, and he found that twenty members had voted iii their favour, who did not vote at all in the previous division ; and that 15 had voted against them who had lint before voted; and he was sorry to say, that amongst them there appeared the name of Benjamin Smith, the new Member for Norwich, who was the son of one of their staunch est supporters.—(Shame, shame.) The time was peculiarly appropriate fur their acknowledging their gratitude to God. It appeared to him that their opponents were cowed—that they had yielded to a feeling which they found it impossible to control, and which they felt they could not resist. W. G. ALEXANDER, Esq. was anxious that they should fairly know their position. There could be no reason for doubting that their OPI3O - were all prepared last night. The planters had, no doubt, mus tered all their forces, and so had the Ministry ; they were not taken by surprise, and therefore he considered it was a triumphant decision. Backed as they were by the whole religious community, the resolution carried last night was one which no Government could venture to overturn. - Mr. NV/0'3101;TH considered that the time was peculiarly fitting for such a resolution as was then bane the tn . ..eting, inasmuch as tor t', - ,e whole fifteen years they had been struggling, that was the first time they had ever had a majority determined that slavery sllould immediately cease. The first resolution (for which see Advertisement) was then carried unanimously. RICHARD ALLEN, Esq., of Dublin, said as he was obliged to leave the meeting early, for the purpose of presenting to her Majesty the petition of 77,1)00 of his countrymen, he would take that opportunity of con gratulating his fellow Delegates upon the proud position they had at east attained to.- • Mr. BIGNOLD then moved the second resolution. He read the cb servations which fell from Lord Rolle last night in the Louie of Lords, which was nceived with approbation, and said that all things seemed to concur most favourably for them, and it appeared a s if there was a special Providence working in their favour. Jos. SnuitcE, Esq , seconded the motion, and quite agreed in the re marks which ti,cl fallen from the last speaker. He wished to state to the Delegates, that a day or two ago, Mr. Partridge and Mr. Marling the Delegates from the constituents of Lord J. Russell and Mr. P. Scrope, brought up a letter to these two gentlemen, signed by a majority of their constituency. 1 bough I.ord J. Russell still opposed them, the result of that letter was that Mr. Scrope no longer did so, s mighta d therebe absent, were andt) 0 v every; ters thing,in S , and even considering lr jrTH a L ;l M N S v c h N o m s u t t i t ll the docu ment alluded to was signed by no less ti an 635, and no doubt would have been signed by many more had more time been allowed. Mr. PARTRIDGE—Had we had more time it would have been signed by at least 800, but they had only had two days in which to see the whole constituency. He had seen Mr. Codrington, the Member for the County, who told him that he hail formerly had some fears for the conduct of some slaves that he had manumitted, but he was most happy to find that by late advice, the negroes were working well, were comfortable and happy, and that alt Nether the ex periment had been most satisfactory. The Rev. Mr. GILBERT congratulated the delegates upon having obtained, at all events, a victory—(hear) —and it was one so great that it must ultimately, and he honed sp, edily, lead to a triumph, for he would not believe that there was any power in ecuntry, who after the House of Commons had declared in LONDON : WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1838 We received last night, by express from Bristol, New York journals, from the Ist to the 7th instant, inclusive, together with files of Quebec and Montreal papers of the 4th, and Charleston papers of the Ist inst., by the Great Western Steam-ship, which sailed from New York at half-past two o'clock on the 7th inst., and arrived safely at Bristol at ten minutes bef re eleven o'clock yesterday morning—thus corn. pleting the voyage betwean the Old and the New World In the incredibly short space of fourteen days 1 Wonderful as this appears, the d:stance, as regards time, between London and New York is capable of still further abridgment. Had the Bristol and Exeter, and the Great Western Railways been completed, and the Packet-station now forming at Up hill, 3D miles, by water, below Bristol, been finished, the Great Wester,: would have arrived there by six, or half-past six o'Clock yesterday morning, and her mails and passengers would have reached London by eleven o'Clock the same day —thus effecting a saving in time of twelve hours more Our Correspondent at Bristol is even more sanguine upon this point. He calculates the saving in time at nineteen hours, by which the distance between London and New :York would be reduced to thirteen days! A mighty victory has been achieved, and to the honour of Captains Hos ars and RonErars be it ever spoken, in a manner that reflects the highest credit upon the national character of Old England. Proud, as we justly are, of the success that has attended an expedition which only a great nation could produce citizens capable of originating, we are swill prouder of the dis tinguished manner in which it has been conducted. Cap tains HosaiN and ROBERTS have not merely solved problem of the utmost consequence in a commer cial aal moral paint of slaw ; they have, by their c.iurteoos deportment, their urbane manners, and their un bounded solicitude to gratify the curiosity of all observers, from the most distinguished to the mast obscure, inflamed the Americans of all classes with an ai - deut desire to cultivate a more cordial intimacy with Greet Britain. This is a service done ta the nAtion, and should b.) suit ibly acknowledged by its Goverrunent. The Minister who would recommend these gentlemen to our gracious SOVEREIGN as worthy of the honour of Knighthood, mould thereby evince a high appreciation of me rit more exalted than usually suffices for a claim to such a distinction on the part of the great bulk of military and naval officers. We might expatiate to any length upon subjects so mo mentous as those which warm the imagination while contem -plating the success of this ,great expedition ; and we are not certain that we should not be tempted to dwell upon them as long as might be agreeable to the most enthusiastic of our readers, did IA e not meet Ns ith an embodiment of our thoughts in an Address delivered in the name of the American Insti tute, by a delegation of that body to Captain Ilesius, on board the Great Western, on tb. 4th inst. The deputation was beaded by General DUDLEY MARVIN, who read the fol lowing beautiful Addra3 in the bearing of the assembled s hip's company-and some thousands of delighted auditors : " We thank you, Sir, for this favoured opportunity of tendering you our congratulations on this auspicious triumph of the arts, of which you have bean made the favour e d in s t rumen t . W e f ee l , th a t w hile we stand on American ground, you stand no less on British ground. Meetin:; you on this majestic ship, the first constructed with a view to the introduction of a regular steam communication between the two countries, and in contemplation of the glorious success with which t hi s great enterprise has b7en crowned, the distance which Iras hitherto separated us seems stricken from the map. " As Americans we had looked with astonishment for years upon the magic etfect of steam communication, upon our country and its institu tions. The current of cur mighty rivers has been rendered powerless against the force of steam, directed and eontrol!ed by the combined eflbrts of science and art. Our lakes had been made to shake hands with the ocean, distant communities have been brought into neigh bourhood; at the same time our cars had become with the no less pow erful workings of this mighty agent, in our father land. But we were u nprepared last and greatest triumph. With all the enterprise that has characterised the people of the United States, the capital and skill of our friends in England has enabled you to take us by surprise. What has hitherto been accomplished as neighbouring States, has been now applied to nations. No longer separate, they seem placed side by side. " We live in an auspicious era. From the mighty agent, steam, com merce is to receive a new impulse. Nations, unknown to each other, are to form attachm,nts. National friendships will be fostered and strengthened in proportion to their increa,,ed proximity. " I will not assume to speak of the mighty effect which strata is des tined to produce upon the commercial and moral character of the world. The history of the past admonishes us that our imaginations can hardly anti • This is so well conceived, that ity comment upon it woutu only tend to weaken its general, and at the same time just, true, and beautiful effect. The mighty Atlantic has been re duced to the dimensions of a great Lake ; the New World is placed side by side with the Old, to profit by her experience, to share in her sympathies, to participate in her recollections, and to acquire her cultivated tastes and refined feelings, with out the drawback of institutions the legacy of ages of oppres sive barbarism. • We, too, %yin be gainers to an equal extent. We will have, as it were, recovered all the territory we once lost in America, peopled with a race identified in language, in religion, in general habits, in pursuits, and more than all, in blood, with ourselves. The United States will seem to ❑s only an extension of Great Britain—an interesting, but still homely region for the future explorations of Summer touriAs. A common language requires only facility of intercourse to beget common feelings, sympathies, and attachmeLts. To this sentiment the ladies of New York have responded in the folowing tribute to the officers and crew of the Great Western, which we copy from the Morning Courier and Inquirer of the 7th instant : The laiies of New York tender their grateful acknowledgments to the officers and crew of the Great Western, for their gallant and li beral hospitality. That they may glide gently upon the ocean of time, their bark richly laden with honours and happiness, and at last an chor inLthat haven where all around is peace and joy, is the sincere wish and fervent prayer of THE LADIES. The news from the United States, brought by these Journals is very favourable, with the exception of an account of conflagrations at Charleston and Mobile, which will be found with the commercial intelligence in another part of The San. Immediately a'ter the fire at Charleston, the Mayor and citizens assembled, and solemnly appointed the 3rd inst. a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, in order to avert the Divine displeasure from the inhabitants of that city. We have been much edified by the truly Christian spirit which pervades the resolutions adopted by the citizens on this occa sion ; and we have only to regret that in the moment of their humiliation there is none to suggest to them that the most ac ceptable sacrifice they could make to Goo would be to abolish their unholy traffic in beings upon whom he has stamped his image—to put an end for ever to the iniquitous and accursed slavery system throughout their State. The curses of the oppressed African have made their city desolate. The la•.est news from the Caradas will be found among- our extracts from the Journals. We heartily congratulate the friends of humanity on the glorious victory which has crowned their hopes, and rewarded their exertions. The claims of eternal justice have at lest pre vailed, and the Commons of England have now deliberately and solemnly recorded the ineffaceable resolution, " that it is their opinion thAt Negro Apprenticeship in the British Colo nies should immediately cease and determine." Is there a man with a spark of humanity in his bosom whose heart does not thrill with joy, when he contemplates the blessings which ill result to the Negro race from this decision ? We shall no doubt be told that thers is a great dif fer.:nce between a resolution of the House of Commons and an Act of Parliament, and reminded that Lord JOHN RUSSELL has announced the determination of the Government to resist any measure that may be founded on the resolution of last night. Of all this we are perfectly aware ; but nevertheless we defy all the power of all the Governments on earth to prevent the resolution of the House of Commons ft orn being virtually carried into effect. What, we beg to ask the nice estimators of Parliamentary dynamics, what must be the state of feeling produced upon the minds of the whole negro population of the West Eriics, when they learn, as sopn they will, that they have got their freedom by a vote of the House of Commons ? Will Cloy sit down quietly to discuss the abstract merits of the vote? Will they be per suaded to postpone their exultation until they hare been taught the true theory of the British Constitution ? No, the decision of the House of Commons will be regarded by them as omnipotent, will be received with one universal swell of triumph ; and woe to those who shall disap point the hope thus excited—who shall venture to come between them, and that perfect liberty, with the shadow of which they Lave been so long mocked, but which has now in reality—as they must view the matter—been conferred upon them. The debate of last night does not afford much matter for comment. On a subject so often discussed, it is impossible to advance anything new. All that can be expected in such a case is, that former arguments may be put in a stronger light. To this praise we think the debate of last night may fairly lay claim. The speech of Sir EARDLEY WILMOT, the 1110 , /,_'r, was a goad one ; those of Mr. C. P. VILLIERS, the seconder of the mo tion, and of Mr. E. L. BttLwEtt, were particularly admirable. Those Hon. Members swept away, without mercy, the cob webs with which the enemies of Negro Emancipation have at tempted to surround the question, and presented it to the House in its proper "form and pressure." Mr. B ULwRR's address is perhaps the best—certainly the most eloquent, that has been delivered on this subject this session. With respect to Lord J. RUSSELL'S attempt to pour cold cold water on the hopes of the mancipationiFts, we can only say that we value it at what it is worth—that is to say, just nothing at all. It may be very well for the Noble Lord to put in this caveat on the part of the Government, but its sincerity will hardly be believed, until a satisfactory reason has been assigned for the practical acquiescence of Ministers in the vote of last night. Can the West India planters, or any other men not altogether bereft of their senses, believe for one moment that if the Government had wished bona fide to oppose the immediate eman cipation of the negroes, they could not have mustered more than ninety-three Members—not quite a seventh of the whole number—on a question of (suppoed) vital importance? The suppc,.sition is the very acme of absurdity. The real truth is, that the Government found themselves in a very unpleasant dilemma,from which theythou7ht theycould extricate themselves in no other way than by winking at the absence of their usual supporters. The Gloucester election has gone far, we believe, to open their minis to the unpopularity and impolicy of the course which they have hitlicrto pursued on this exciting question, and they cannot afford many such practical demon strations of its consequences. Nor indeed is it much to be wondered at, if their friends shrink from so severe a test of their friendship as that to which the Hon. Mr. BERKELEY has been subjected. We understand the delegates are row sitting ; aid have re solved to adopt no further proceedings until after the great meeting to be held at Exeter Hall on Friday. We think this a highly prudent determination. The debale on Sir EARDLEY WILMOT'S motion terminated last night rather unexpectedly. Lord STANLEY has not yet spoken in defence of his apprenticeship law, and it was confi dently supposed that he would have taken the opportunity of Sir EARDLEY'S motion to have addressed the House at length ; but his Lordship has probably learnt some wis dom cn fne subject, and shrunk from defending his own scheme. Mr. GLADSTONE, too, was severely hit by Mr. But.wEa, and wanted either the readiness or the spirit to reply. The abolitionist wisely took advantage of Mr. GLADSTONE'S tardiness, and Lord STANLEY'S appre hension, and obtained a majority on the division. Many mem bers were at the moment absent who would undoubtedly have been present, had they foreseen that the House was to divide at nine o'clock. It can hardly, for example, be expected that the gentlemen absent, connected with the Government of whom the Post this morn ing gives a list, and who must know that the Ministers conidcr the question important. 'would not have been present had they anticipated the division at so early an hour. The victory, however, is extremely gratifying to the friends of the Negroes, however obtained ; and if wisely and temperately followed up, must be of incalculable advantage to their cause. The West India Planters have at the present moment a glorious opportunity of raising themselves in public estimation. They might render a service which would cost them nothing, and which can be performed by them alone. While they withhold their consent, the Government will resist the aboli tion of the apprenticeship system, and we fear will resist it successfully. Why, therefore, keep the country in a state of agitation, disappoint the excited hopes of the negroes, and give some foundatio❑ to the charge that the slave-holders cling to the system not for the sake of gain, but for the grati fication of some of the worst passions that animate the tyrant's breast ? We know from various channels that all the dispas sionate and sober-thinking of that class admitted at the time that the grant of twenty millions far exceeded their expecta tions—that at present they feel great satisfaction at the change, and ar. convinced that no profits would have accrued from slave labour at all proportioned to the compensation so gene rously made by the unanimous voice of the British nation. They would lose nothing by shortening the period of apprenticeship by eighteen months. Wherever emancipation has taken place, the change has been as much for the benefit of the master a s of the slave. The Marquis of SLIGO has borne testimony to the fact. Lord ROLLE, who to his immortal honour voluntarily emancipated the numerous slaves on the estates left by his father, confirmed it from his own experience ; and might well feel satisfaction in stating that they were not only contented and industrious, but able to support themselves. It cannot be denied that the slaves, since the passing of the Act, have con ducted themselves with great moderation, and that this circum stance alone has raised the value of property in all our West India possessions. It is not, therefore, asking too much of the planters to mate rr , t , ty, , , for the tr,mern:itv n^nnl S 1 ~~ : G • . . . Lion. We be .. .ievc, alter ai, at wGuld oal .to c, nominal sacii tic-e; but it would be productive of great end honcer,ble rc sults—it would close the long-protracted c:ntest amicably and the planters would have the honour and the satisfaction of having performed the last act in one of the most glorious sacrifices ever made in the cause of justice and mercy. . _ . Our Contemporaries and the public here se ‘rn hardly al;ve the importanc:, of the experiment of which the return of the Great Western to Bristol is the cmpletion. Not so, I ' 3 " e ver, the citizens of New York, tvlro rightly appreciating the i mme nse influence which thus connecting Eui•one and America, as it were by floating bridges—bringing them nearer to each other than are the parts of civilized Europe—will have over their own fate and curs, welcomed the arrival of the steam .ship' and commemorated her departure like a great epoch in the his tory of civilization. The following passage, which deserves a prominent place in our Journal, will remind the reader, we think, of the first voyage of COLUNIBUS, or the first setting out of the Crusaders, and will be to our posterity what those great events arc to us, themes of universal interests, and fixed points of commemoration in the progress of mankind DEPARTURE OF TUE Sialus.—Yesterday, says the N.Y. Star, of the 2d, was another memorable day for steam:ships. The Sirius, whi" with her noble companion, the Great Western, have been the Objects of a continued jubilee for all our city since the day of their arri val, too k her departure yesterday amidst the hearty and prolonged cheers of seve ral thousands of our most respectable citizens (among whom the ladit.! shone conspicuous), gathered on the battery to sea this second expert-. ment in oceanic navigation by steam. A more lovely , mild, a nd bright day never dawned on our city, and the spectacle was one of gla dness and t beauty ; the avenues, and terrace, and green lawns of the dia'te r Yi alid the ramparts of the Castle filled with voiding faces, gay bonnets stream: ed ing in the breeze, moving groups of, well-dressed citizens, all t:e ig ht at the opportunity to give a far. , well benediction to Lieutenant Roberts_ foil and his r ailant crew. 'She Sirius was off a few liu:idred yards in view of all, and proudly decorated the bay that day, as she w.rs the lion of all the craft that floated on it. At 1, P.M., sire got under way' and, making a circuit, proceeded down on her course to sea , firing 3 salute as she left, in answer to the reiterated cheers from shore. She appeared rather deep frorn the 400 tens of coal on board. She Bas about forty-five passengers. When the Sirius passed Goverire s a national salute of 13 guns was fired from Castle Williams. Mail ' of the boat cubs were out in the bay. The steam ferry boat took of car , i Hoskins of the Great Western, the British Consul, and others who had gone on board to take leave; and the Hercules steamboat, whi ch ba ,, towed out Si. James, as well as every craft clown the harbo ur an" . Narrows, cheered the noble stranger as she passed on to Iler d estine°, element. Seldom has our port seen such a water pageant as yesterdaY: Adc:ccs from Munich of tiii;lsth, Vienna of the 12th, anu and Rome of the sth inst, have reached us this morning, b ut they urine ao news of the least interest. The Paris Journals of Monday are filled with accounts of the preparations making for the-interment of Prince TALLEY' RAND. We have not space for their.inserthn in our coluows of to-day. The shock of an earthquake was felt twice at Genoa, ° I " the sth instant. We have no news of the slightest political interest from SPain. THE SUN, LONDON. WNDNESDAY, MAY 23, P. 438. f.tvour of that which was the sentiment of the whole nationoivould Oro: 1 0 pit! her. - ,selves in opp siliun. T! c: licwevt-r, hear with feelings of sleep and bitter regret that the Government, notwithstanding their victory, was still determined to fight them to tl.e death. It was melancholy to see those who were entrust.sd with the management of this enlightened country, should continua their oppo,i lion to that which was the wish of nearly the whole country—that those whom they had looked up to es the great leaders in the cause of liberty should now be the oppressors, of manilla. Such w:is nut the case at the time the Abolition of the Stave Tr.ide was carried. Not one of the great names which figured in those days oppeared as the opponent of th immediate abolition of that 1 abominable traffic. He trusted that thedeclaration of Lord John Rus. sell was a hasty one, and would not be persevered in. Mr. STANSFIELD felt ashamed that morning when he read the list of the division which took place last nLht, at fir Ming the namas of so many of his countryman voting against their cause. He trusted that the Irish constituencies would not fail to remember those who had upon that oc casion degraded themselves by voting against liberty. • " Mr. WILSON wou:d tdk , , that opportunity of stating that, up to last .night, there had been presented, praying for the abolition of negro ap prenticeship, no less than 3,501 petitions, ontaining signatures ex ceeding a million.—(Cheers.) Mr. Counnaoy considered that it was very necessary that their con stituents and the people of England should be warned that it was not expedient that they should yet cease their exerticns. He therefore m:;ved the third resolution. The Rev. Mr. GILL:CRT seconded the resolution. Mr. SCOBLLL and the Bev. Mr. SCALES considered the resolution abso:ut,ly necessary. It was also supported by Mr. Boultbee, Professor Ect.ar, Mr Thomson, and ea:tied unanimously. 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Sold by Watson, 15, City-road, Finsbury-square ; Hetherington, 126, Strand ; Purkiss, Compton-street ; Heywood, Manchester ; Smith, Scot land-place, Liverpool ; Guest, Birmingham ; Hobson and Mrs Mann, Leeds ; Rose, College-street, Southampton ; and all Sellers If Periodicals. Brown's Hwel, May 23, 1838. AT a MEETING of the DELEGATES, W. J. BLAIR, Esq., in the Chair, The Chairman congratulated the Delegates on the successful re sult of the debate of last night. The Secretaries having communicated to the Meeting that the motion of Sir Eardley Wilmot--" That it is the opinion of this House that the Negro Apprenticeship in the British Colonies should immediately and entirely cease and determine"—had been carried by a majority of 96 to 93, It was moved by G. W. ALEXANDER, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. W. M. BuNTINC, and carried unanimously, That this Meeting, reviewing the decision of the House of Commons last evening upon the motion of Sir Eardley Wilmot for the immediate extinction of Negro Apprenticeship in the Colonies, desire to express their gratitude to Almighty God who has thus f a r prospered the great cause in which they are engaged, by direct in.* the judgment of the Representatives of the British poople to so just,' wise, and happy a result. Moved by TIIOMAS IltcNot.n, Esq., of Norwich ; seconded by JOSEPH STUncE, Esq. That the warmest thanks of this Meeting be presented to Sir Eardley Wilmot, the Mover, and to C. P. Villiers, Esq., the Seconder of the Resolution, in favour of the entire and immediate abolition of the Negro Apprenticeship adopted last night by the House of Commons, ,and also to those other Honourable Members, who, by their able advocrcy or by their votes, contri buted to the success of the cause. Moved by Mr. EDWARD CORDEROV ; seconded by the Rev. JosErit GILBERT, M.A., of Nottingham, That, notwithstanding the favourable result of the division of the House of Commons, this meeting feels that the announcement of continued opposition on the part of the Government calls upon the philanthropic and Chri,tian public for earnest, renewed, and con tinued exertion, that, under the Divine blessing, the work in auspiciously commenced, may be carried to an entirely successful conclusion. W. 'l'. BLAIR, Chairman. (By Order.) THOMAS SCALES, WILLIAM WILSON, }Secretaries. WILLIAM MORGAN, MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEW CITY (THIS DA Y), TWELVE O'CLOCK . Sydney papers have been received to the 31st of December. The': papers state that the crops in most part of the Colony were in a v er c, flow ishing condition. At Maitland a heavy storm had done so 'n u ' , injury that it was thought that wheat would not pay the expense oo: reaping. A meeting had been held at Sydney for the purpose of ad dre . 6 „d ing Sir F. Burke before he left the Colony . The address was carri-„ unaohnously. The markets at Van Diemens Land were high, al thoUg" the crops promised abundance. The general topic of conversation this morning entirely relate sto tilde return of the Great Western steamer, from New York, in 14 d3ys a few hours. We have seen a gentleman who has returned by her, Al' he gives a most favourable accouot of her. state that We h: - ve received Quebec papers to the 3d of May. They all the prisoners under sentence of death at Hamilton liave been resPl` for forty days. They will probab!y be transported. nee Of UPPER CANNDA.—AII the prisoners in our goal under sente- No, death, have been respited until the pleasure of the Queen sha ll be 10.° —Hamilton Express, April 20th. for Consols opened this morning at 941- 1 for the Account ; san' i3an y, Money, scarce a bargain done as yet. Exchequer Bills 68 ; Stock 24 205 ; India Stock 2701 In the Foreign Market no speculations of any consequence doing Three yet. Spanish Active, with Coupons, 211 1 ; i'ortugueie 35 1 ; co wl. per Cents.-231 241; Brazillian 801 811; Mexican 27/ 526 i bian 271 28 ; Dutch 2i per Cents. 54 % 4. r• 0 Y, in The great humanity of the Government of Canada, and the J respiting the prisoners, has given general satisfaction in the city. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'Cl•o cl ‘' .1. 1 Dank Stock ... pin . Sper Cert. ilt.•., 93% %% ',.)itto ho , . li,. ................. ... ... __.-- 3 ter Coot. Can , , J4 %%1., South Sea :':,..,-, k ......-•-• " 3% per Cent -.. .- Ditto Red.— ..... .. New 3% p . .~ Cent... .. New 5 per Cent,. ......„ . - .... . Etch, Rills, .-, ~ (1 '..••••` 1 1. 6s 65 P''' Bsnit LougAnnuitlegtoexpir , Ditto •- • s 6 ' .... pin , - , Jan. 5, 1860.... Oct. 10, i'• , :" - Ditto C.,Aiii,,,,,, ... ..-•• pa ' ' Jan. 5,135 u 15% Ditto Advertised....... ••• ----•• Jan. f , , tS,i , .• .... - Rar.k !•:Itock Sr -, ACCJUIT ' ... ...... ......., April r), Iti3o ........ ............ ilvil't f•Aoz ,, to: is.ccour... , •••••• 04 5,4% Jan. 5, 117 , 1 — cop.,i,. tor A cconnt.. .......... 0 ,.. PRICES OF 'FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ON/ -•;'Ci` '•, ~.. , Austrian Zona, Reboanßondi ..... ... ............. , •••••• 1 Ditto Acc..rint ................ is tiltto Account . i Portuftue.4eit,, 1 . - . 34% Brazillao 13 Jrid3 ........... Ditto Account SI BO 11,umos Ayres Bonds N, Br‘lll. • - Ditto Account .. 5( atto, t per ......... Ditt) .account BOTICiS Ditto Account ....«. .« C );ul - .lbi4n ...... Ditto Account C ,tutribizA Bonds, iSi4 Ditto . Atiint 21 Pruisisn Bon:, kccount „.,,„ , Dieu) Metallic Symish Bonth , Ditto Ace. m,it ....—. ... ....- Ditto Bones, lziTZ 4 Ditto Accoont 0t%%!4 French, 5 per c.ii. , .!. ... ...... —t . ----' -..---- --"; 4 pe: :en t • • •••• ' ---- 3:v r c•g3'..••• •••• --,-- c.. .---:•-• F.x..:i , nge ........... ---- • - i - % Dutch, 2, per , Je., ' ............ 54% , .... Ditto ACC6:.;.t... ... •• • ••• 54 i .. . WOO' Ditto, !ir , .7 •;ui,t ......... , • Ditto Account . ............ ••• HALF-PAST 01'-b- We understand that it is in contemplation to celebrate the opeoin,, of the intercourse by steam between this country and America, 1 , 7„ ' / , public dinner, at which it is expected most of the heads of th e mercy l and banhing establishments in the City will h attend. t he Both the British and Foreign Marketshave t urne d heavy sin e i e _. to early part of the morning, and Consols have receded from 94fi,,'30,.. 943 i for Money and Account. Exchequer _Bills also heavy, an u 4 i ; ceded to 65 prem. India Bonds, nothing done. Bank Stocg, ° India, 277. In the Foreign Market, Spanish and Portuguese Stocks rather Ilear72, the former 21i with Coupons. Portuguese, 344 35 ; Three Per Cneutch 231 7 1 ; Brazil, 80 Sl A- ; Mexican, 27i 28; Colombian, 27- 28'''. 'Pwo-and.a-Half M per Cents., 54,1 3 4 Shares In the Share Market scarcely anything doing; all the pric e- °i. are heavy. • 2 a 31aY• The Batavier has arrived, bringing Dutch papers of tie • - vi , e per Prices from Amsterdam :—Two-and-a•Half per Cents., 54 i ; - . 'e. Cents., 101 7-16—a shade lower. No poltical news of iroP c " l3" (From the American Papers of the 3d hist the et , ' The steam -boat Oronoko has been blown up, which ha s filledare OW' of New Orleans with consternation. Nearly 70 i„div idtia's posed to be dead. i)itto Account 3Grids IJitto Accoukt ()tees Bon :'e• Ditto ;::rids, 18:25 Ditto Accmnt Fion.4l, 5 per cent — Ditto Accivint Ditto, 6 rer cent. flitter Account. Nc3;.(llit, nem...6.. <4*. 00000000 •••• THREE 0 , CLOCK Consols for the Account, 04• I. THE FUNDS.—CLOSING PRICES. BRITISH FUNDS. ....•-7171 Bank Stock 3 pert ent. lied 3 per Cent Cons 94 Ditto Old Annuities ........."'. , •••" . :B:, per Cent Ditto New Annuities ........ ~ •4 pt s :3y< 2 per Cent. Rei 4 Ne, 3 , ,4 per Cent 1`11 , 417.x. Bills, 1.000/ ...... .2 1 ,6 ,1 .. .... 64 V 1 1:: 102% 1 Ditto s'l'l ................•. ••... 1 Long Annuities to expire Ditto 500/ ............... . .. .. .. ..•••• - Jan. 186. Oct. 18F)!I ... 94, Jan. 1860 FOREIGN FUNDS. '73 Portuguese :zonds, 5 Pe r cent.' 31 ' Ditto. 'ew Ditto ••. ******** Prussian, 5 per cent .....•.•••••" Russia), Bonds, 5 per cent •".•• Ditto, Metallic • ........................ 2 0.4 Spanish, 5 per cent. ............. Ditto, Consolidated ................ French, 5 per cent. ............ Exchange .. .................... •• French, 3 per colt ............ Dutch '2% rr C,llll. ............ :::100/9 Ditto, '5 per cent. ..•-• .......... Ay). Austrian, 5 per cent _ Belgian, 5 per cent.. Brazilian Bonds S -114 Buenos Ayr s, 6 per cent — Chilian, 6 per cent — Colombian), 6 per cent Ditto, 1824 ' —, Danish, 3 per cent 7 . 1y9 Greek Fonds, 1825, 5 per cent — Mexican, 5 per cent Ditto, 6 per cent., 1825 — Peruvian, 1825, 6 per cent — (CLOSING PRICE OF SHARES.--(THI S dirrningha , n and Derby Railway ..................... • ..... Dublin and Kilkenny Railway ........................ 4 Eastern Counties Raily ay ................... •• •••"' Edinburgh and GlasAmy Railway .............................. tis Great Western Rdilway ............................................. London and Brighton Railway ......................... London and Blackwall Railway . " 7t 4 London and Birmingham Railway ........................... London Grand Junction Railway • ..................... y Manchester and Birmingham Railway .................. al 4 North Micland Railway National Loan Fund ............................................... THE MARKETS.-.(THIS DI VIP this CORN EXCHANGE. tie de re- There are small supplies of English Grain and Flour reltoie week, but a good quantity of Oats from Ireland. lhe W hea , firila mains unaltered, with little doing. Barley, Beaus, an d reasiees e at ikionday's terms. The Oat trade is not lively, but forrocri bovine' been obtained for such as have been sold. There is still !nu in the trade for Flour, ARRIVALS. Fit,,,,,c0 Whe7.t. ' Harie.,. Eqi , sh Irish Foreign LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, MAY ,.„,;--; till S 4 , The sales to-day are not so extensive as those last report ed - t : t s upP"'• fir 001 of thy; Oat,. 1 1,..! 0, quantity has been parted with, and the rates have met With 4000 bags, including 1000 American on speculation are the ~. to 99 • ; day'sbusiness. 300 Egyptian, Sad. to 12d. ; 150 Pernam, A 9u to Si d.---- 40 Bahia, Sid.; 500 Surat, 4d. to sld • 3010 American 6.. . , total 4000. ~.,.~,. POWERFUL MUSICAL BOXES, In w itli v Sirs , f o r cases, 12 inches long, by 5 inches wide, each playing Ke ll ' wed '- the mechanism finished in a very superior manner, are O vi d, Five Guineas each. Also a few of the same desciption, ;,01.1611% Airs, price Seven Guineas each, at T. COX SAVORY'S, Londo Silversmith, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Cornbill, (SN N. eevnß Doors from Gracechurch-strect). . The smell musical boxes, 3k inches long, continue op, in tin ca ses , p r ice 19s. each, or in C om position shel l cases, " each. n CDT Sarah , This morning, at her residence on Wo olwich CommorLverilor widow of Colonel Sir Aretas William Young, Lieutenant•ut.,„ o , of of Prinze Edward Island, and daughte r of the late John CoolelitTe, in the county of Wexford , Es q . On SL: lay, the 20th inst., Mr. Jose p h Mutlow, of Pr°l3et place, Livcrpool-road, Islington. Luii,:on: Printed and Published by MURDOYOUNG' _,‘,l7tY 112, Strand, at The Su Office, No. 112, Strand, in the' of Mithilesex.—Weinesday, May 23, 1838. ,_, l . WITH ‘' ; )0 L WITH WHICH THE TRUE SUN" IS NOW INCORPORATED.